Notes from FairerScience.Org, 2007
Again, playing catchup from October …
Here are a couple of links to items at fairerscience.org:
What can men do to help women stay in science, Interactive Physics Simulations
Raleigh/Wake County Meeting on the National Girls Collaborative Project, 2007
Dr. Sharon Schulze of the Science House, the state’s lead organization for the National Girls Collaborative Project, spoke to AAUW Raleigh/Wake County on Tuesday. You can find her slides and additional resources at
http://rwc.aauwnc.org/2007/11/125/
No women in tech? Check this out…2007
Tara Hunt on the O’Reilly Network writes “Women Who Risk: Making Women in Technology Visible†— she’s got many examples of women’s entrepreneurial success stories (looking for a keynote speaker?), particularly in the Web 2.0 culture.
Design Squad — Engineering (with girls!) on TV, 2007
Check out the website of the PBS show, Design Squad — pbskids.org/designsquad/
for episodes covering the use of remote-controlled cameras to cover a basketball game, building bridges without power tools, and more.
Science House Girls Collaborative Kickoff Meeting, 2007
The September 18 kickoff meeting for the Girls Collaborative in North Carloina was a great networking event. Nearly 50 people attended in Raleigh, and a few joined us from remote sites in Rosman and Elizabeth City. For more information, see the http://www.science-house.org/ngcp/kickoff.html but here are a few pictures giving the flavor of the day.
One small step for women in IT, 2007
There’s a group in the UK that’s working on a certification program for those who recommend or choose Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) tools/applications/environments for nonprofit organizations.
What was interesting to me about the announcement was that on the team of subject matter experts that are developing the certification, a majority are women. Shades of Tech-Savvy! When there’s a *point* to the work, we get on board as quickly as the guys!
Announcing the New AAUW South Atlantic Regional Liaison to the NGCP: Jennifer McDaniel, 2007
Effective September 1, Jennifer McDaniel will be taking over as the single AAUW Regional Liaison for the entire South Atlantic region for the National Girls Collaborative Project. She has been serving as the liaison for the southern part of the South Atlantic Region since January of this year. You may recognize her name from Kay…
Report from Kay White on NGCP workshop, 2007
Kay White, president of AAUW Chapel Hill, attended the Association Convention in Phoenix, but was not able to be at our summer meeting. Here is her report on the National Girls Collaborative Project Workshop
NGCP – what can we do, 2007
We’ll be talking more about the National Girls Collaborative Project at the AAUW NC Summer meeting, but the message I took from Phoenix was that the most important thing for branch members to do is to find the programs in our communities that are helping girls move towards science, technology, engineering and math and get…
Girls in STEM notes
From the AAUW “Theme Team” mailing list: Web cast for girls and women interested in engineering: March 22-23 CalWomenTech Project and the new WomenTech Portal.